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water buffalo

species of large bovid originating in South Asia
Class type of: cattle Q42710

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
cattle
Short name
B. bubalis[15]
Described by source
The American Cyclopædia[9]
Gestation period
+320[30]
Has characteristic
viviparity[11]
Invasive to
Australian continent, Australia, Brazil
Longest observed lifespan
+34.9[31]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Named after
water, Asia[4][5]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
Original combination
Bos bubalis[10]
Parent taxon
Bubalus[6]
Taxon author citation
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxon common name
Asian buffalo, Water Buffalo, Asian Water Buffalo, Wild Water Buffalo, Carabao, Asiatischer Büffel, Wasserbüffel, Hauswasserbüffel, Keubeue, Kerbau, Kabau, búfalu acuáticu, vodni bivol, indijski bivol, tedo bbuleng, tedong, tedo bbonga[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Taxon name
Bubalus bubalis[7]
Taxon rank
species[3]
This taxon is source of
water buffalo horn, water buffalo meat, water buffalo milk[12][13][14]
Unicode character
🐃[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Asiatic buffalo en domestic Asian water buffalo en Asian buffalo en water buffalo en Bubalus bubalis ar جاموس الماء البري ar الجاموس ar جاموس الماء cs Kerabau cs Vodní buvol cs buvol domácí cs Bubalus bubalus da Bubalus bubalis da Vandbøffel de Wasserbüffel de Karabao de Hauswasserbüffel de Hausbüffel de Asiatischer Büffel de WL
🔖 Identifiers · 63
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85145537
GND ID
4256274-0
OpenAlex ID
C2993139054
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wasserbüffel (25787818312).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Bubalus_bubalis
AHECC 2017 ID
01023
ARKive ID (archived)
bubalus-bubalis, asian-buffalo/bubalus-bubalis
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1006269
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
160025
Armeniapedia ID
7421
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Bubalus_bubalis
BOLD Systems taxon ID
25386
Show all 63 identifiers +51
BabelNet ID
00006344n
Banglapedia ID (Bengali)
মহিষ
CalPhotos taxon ID
Bubalus+bubalis
Catalogue of Life ID
NKLN
Concepticon concept set ID
2516
Described at URL
towardia.com
EBiodiversity ID
41875
EPPO Code
BUBABU
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0019861
Encyclopedia of Life ID
311907
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/water-buffalo, animal/river-buffalo
Fossilworks taxon ID
149716
Freebase ID
/m/0g0zc
GBIF taxon ID
7422937
GenBank assembly accession number
GCA_002993835.1, GCA_000180995.3, GCA_004794615.1, GCA_019923935.1, GCA_019923925.1, GCA_003121395.1
German cattle breed ID
87
Global Invasive Species Database ID
1853
Global Species ID
901540
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
indisk_bøffel
Gujarati Vishwakosh entry
ભેંસ
INaturalist taxon ID
81925
IRMNG ID
10212873
ITIS TSN
552476
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
257373
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
90762
KBpedia ID
WaterBuffalo
Lex ID
vandbøffel
MSW ID
14200694
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2910255691
Museum-digital tag ID
1346
MyBIS species ID
61531
NALT ID
12933
NBIC scientific name ID
220198
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0020975275
NCBI taxonomy ID
89462
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007551281305171
OBIS ID
1479040
Observation.org taxon ID
82129
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
529788
Open Tree of Life ID
641187
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
149716
Queensland Biota ID
19668
Quora topic ID
Water-Buffalo
TAXREF ID
199728
TaiCOL ID (new version)
t0076866
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
2863
Topic's main category
Category:Bubalus bubalis
UNII
ASI61MC64Z
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02411075-n
Xeno-canto species ID
Bubalus-bubalis
Yale LUX ID
concept/b6642090-f640-4c1f-af09-8b7ea0e795a3

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🔗 Connections
← Main food source 4
Bengal tiger, dingo, dhole, Malayan tiger
Invasive to 2
Australia, Australian continent
Named after 2
Asia, water
← Made from material 2
burrata, ribs
← Natural product of taxon 2
water buffalo milk, buffalo meat
Instance of 1
taxon
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Parent taxon 1
Bubalus
Subclass of 1
cattle
Taxon rank 1
species
This taxon is source of 1
water buffalo milk
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Water buffalo
← Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Abu al-Qasim Qomi
← Manufacturer 1
water buffalo milk
← Mount 1
Jayanti
← Parent taxon 1
Carabao
← Species kept 1
Yubu Island
← Taxon found at location 1
Udawalawe National Park
← Uses 1
Kambala
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Summary

water buffalo is a taxon[1]. It is a type of cattle[2].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Q140332069. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Iripseudocorus · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian buffalo'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water Buffalo'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian Water Buffalo'} +14
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63261|batch #63261]]: m2"
  2. 16d ago · 23IVAN · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'ace', 'af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', '
    Described at URL → https://towardia.com/en/water-buffalo/
    Invasive to → Australian continent, Australia, Brazil
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described at URL: https://towardia.com/en/water-buffalo/, described at URL (English)"
  3. 13w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q33070 (ban)-Carma citrawati-Kebo.wav, LL-Q34057 (tgl)-Mateo Ferranco (Matthew Relucio)-Bubalus bub
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q34057 (tgl)-Mateo Ferranco (Matthew Relucio)-Bubalus bubalis.wav"
  4. 22w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  5. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Parent taxon → Bubalus
    Topic's main category → Category:Bubalus bubalis
    This taxon is source of → water buffalo horn, water buffalo meat, water buffalo milk
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007551281305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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